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#OnThisDay – In 1961, a B-52 bomber crashed in North Carolina. The aircraft was on a ‘‘Cover All’’ mission, preceeding Operation Chrome Dome. Two bombs yielding a nuclear power 250 times greater than Hiroshima, fell into the tobacco fields of Wayne County.
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#OnThisDay – In 1968, an U.S. aircraft carrying a B-52 bomber, part of Operation Chrome Dome, crashed near Thule Air Base in the Wholsstenhole Fjord, Greenland. This marked the end of Operation Chrome Dome, initiated by the U.S. to deter any nuclear attack from the Soviet Union.
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𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝘼𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙨! 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐.𝙎. 𝘼𝙞𝙧 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝘼𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬 ⚛️ ⚛️ ⚛️
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#OnThisDay– In 1964, an American B-52D bomber carrying two nuclear bombs crashed in the Savage Mountains of Pennsylvania due to extreme weather conditions. The accident became known as the Savage Mountain B-52 crash of 1964.
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#OnThisDay– In 1966, an American Boeing B-52G bomber collided mid-air with a Boeing KC-135 tanker, causing both planes to crash near the Spanish village of Palomares. The Boeing B-52G carried four thermonuclear hydrogen bombs, which also fell to the ground.
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📆 05/10/23
Join us at @efathenes for the conference on "Mediterranean Cold War: A Connected History Approach"
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NEW EPISODE
A #KGB trained #spy in #ColdWar South Africa ➡️coldwarconversations.com/epi…
@SHAFRhistorians @mi_intel @spyhistory @FICMuseum @nickfshort @SocIntelHist @SpiesVespers @SecretsAndSpies @SpyHards
@CWR_Network @ColdWarChannel @historicwomens
#sovietunion #ColdWar #SouthAfrica
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#OTD- In 1979, Elton John initiated the first major tour of a Western artist to the USSR. His tour took place in Leningrad and Moscow & showcased the desire of young fans to interact with Western culture, resulting in the first official release of a Western album in the USSR.
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On 25 May, @GijsKessler will interview successive directors of research at IISH Jan Lucassen and Marcel van der Linden. He will speak with them about their books, and about the insights and lessons of 25 years of Global Labour History. Info: iisg.amsterdam/en/events/glo… @UCLpress
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Discovering your husband is a #KGB #spy
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@SHAFRhistorians @mi_intel @spyhistory @FICMuseum @nickfshort @SocIntelHist
@SpiesVespers @SecretsAndSpies @SpyHards @CWR_Network @ColdWarChannel
#sovietunion #coldwar
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De la Guerra–Fría a Paz en Caliente, se transformó geográficamente de Este–Oeste, Norte–Sur. Recomendamos:
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#CFP | We are pleased to share with you the call for paper for the conference: The New International Economic Order. Lessons and Legacies 50 Years Later, co-organized by members of the Seminario de Historia Internacional.
📅 May 10-11, 2024
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📣PUBLICATION DAY! '📣 The Ideological Scramble for Africa' is based on documents from 46 archives on 3 continents. It shows how the pursuit of anticolonial modernity, not Cold War competition, shaped international relations in the 1950s and 1960s. Ask your library to buy it!
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This month, we are focusing on the Baltics & we have a series of excellent posts for you. First up, an author interview with @UnaBergmane to mark the publication of her long-awaited book 'The Politics of Uncertainty' peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…
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As part of our Baltic month over on @peripheralhistories, I had the pleasure of speaking with @UnaBergmane about her brilliant new book 'The Politics of Uncertainty: the US, the Baltic Question, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union' peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…
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3 hours chatting with an East German Radio Reconnaissance (#SIGINT) Unteroffizier.
That's what I call an evening well spent!
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The LSE Department of International History announces a call for papers for the Int. Graduate Student Conference on May 11 - 13, 2023.
Submit a proposal & c.v. to Jeff Hawn at [email protected] by February 17, 2023.
For details check: lse.ac.uk/International-Hist…
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Call for papers! The Non-Aligned News Research Partnership invites scholars from across the globe to participate in a five-day workshop on the history of the New World Information and Communications Order. Submit yours by Jan 15! Learn more: democracy.ubc.ca/platforms/n… (1/4)